Hassock



April 1952 H. H. ISAACSON 2,595,144

HASSOCK Filed June 2, 1949 INVENTOR.

Ratented Apr. 29, 1952 UNITED STATES 1 Claim.

,This invention relates to a hassock of the type having a hollowigiterior, as shown and described in Letters Patent 2,214,586 datedSeptember 10, 1940, and its principal object is to provide the hassockwith improved means for the retention of several pairs of shoes withinits interior during their non-use, it being well known that the spaceand provisions for keeping such shoes is often unavailable andinconvenient.

Another object is to provide a hassock of said type and improvements,which will be conveniently manufacturable, salable at low cost, strong,durable, efficient, and conveniently utilizable.

A further object is to provide a hassock of said type and improvementswhich will be sanitary, and conducive to convenient, eificient, andthorough cleaning of its interior and shoe retaining provisions.

A still further object is to provide a hassock of said type andimprovements having improved means for retention of the shoes withoutcreasing or causing other injury thereto.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the hassock constituting the invention.

Fig. 2 is a partially cross-sectional elevational view of the hassock,taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view ofthe hassock, showing it as it appears withits cushioned top removed for access into its interior.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the removable shoe retaining framingforming part of the hassock.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the framing shown in Fig. 4.

The hassock l includes a body 2 comprising a tubular upright wall 3 witha bottom wall 4, and a cushioned seating top 5 rests firmly upon saidbody by a narrower portion 6 thereof having a shoulder l fitting overthe rim 8 of the wall 3, as shown in Fig. 2. Upon the bottom wall 4 islocated a corrugated-like framing 9, consisting of a series of rigidarcuate membrs 10, the ends of each of which are secured to the ends ofan adjoining member by channels ll pressing the ends 12 forciblytogether. The members may be made of strong fibre or plastic material,while their securing channels H are preferably of metal. As seen in Fig.3, each arcuate member of the framing 9 is thus in opposition to asegmental portion |3 of the upright wall 3, and together therewithprovides a through bore open at its bottom and leading to said bottomwall 4 to constitute a receptacle M for the efiicient retention of ashoe l5, the aggregate receptacles thereby providing means for retentionof several pairs of shoes during their non-use.

In the utilization of the hassock I, the shoes may be removed therefromand returned thereto as required, and the hassock may be convenientlykept sanitary by completely withdrawing and entirely removing therefromthe framing 9, whenever deemed necessary, and thereupon thoroughlycleaning the interior of the body 2 and the framing 9, after which thelatter may be returned to its normal operative location upon the bottomwall 4.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A hassock stool for sitting purposes having the combination of a rigidsustaining upright wall formed as a tubular body, said tubular bodyhaving a bottom wall, a cushioned seating top resting upon the rim ofsaid tubular body and' being removable from said body for accessthereinto, said bottom wall having thereupon a series of rigid arcuatemembers securedly joined to each other to constitute a unitarycorrugatedlike framing, each of said arcuate members opposing a segmentof said upright wall to form with said segment a through bore open atits bottom and leading to said bottom Wall to constitute a retainingdevice for a shoe, and said framing being removable from said tube forthe cleansing of the framing and tube.

HARRY H. ISAACSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 101,266 Bette Sept. 22, 19361,791,417 Lilienfield Feb. 3, 1931 2,214,586 Isaacson Sept. 10, 19402,457,875 Day Jan. 4, 1949 2,509,395 Madan May 30, 1950

